"The information available so far indicates that the number of thromboembolic events in vaccinated people is no higher than that seen in the general population," the European Medicines Agency told AFP by email when asked about the suspension.
The Amsterdam-based regulator said it understood the Danish decision "has been taken as precaution".
The EMA said the decision followed the regulator's own announcement on Wednesday that it was "reviewing thromboembolic events reported in temporal association with the vaccine" after reports of cases in Austria.
The watchdog said it "will continue its assessment and EMA will communicate updates as soon as possible," the agency said.
In its announcement on Austria on Wednesday, the EMA had said there had been 22 'thromboembolic events' among three million people who received the vaccine across the European Economic Area, which includes Norway and Iceland.
The Danish suspension, which will be reviewed after two weeks, is expected to slow down the country's vaccination campaign.
Austria said on Monday that it had suspended the use of a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines after a 49-year-old nurse died of "severe blood coagulation problems" days after receiving an anti-Covid shot.
Four other European countries -- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Luxemburg -- have also suspended the use of vaccines from this batch, which was sent to 17 European countries and consisted of one million jabs.
Denmark however suspended the use of all of its AstraZeneca supply, as did Iceland and Norway in subsequent announcements on Thursday citing similar concerns.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday that it was investigating after two people inoculated from the same batch of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine died from blood clotting and several countries stopped using the jabs.
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"There is currently no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions, which are not listed as side effects with this vaccine," the EMA said in a statement, adding that its own risk assessment committee was investigating the matter.